Turrón the Spanish Christmas Sweet
The ‘turrón’ (pronounced like ‘tu’- ‘ron’) is the favourite Spanish Christmas sweet. It is like a nougat stick. Alicante is known as the City of Turrón. To be exact, there are 15 of the 16 factories of Turrón in the famous village of Jijona. They produce for all of Spain and export to Japan, the USA, Argentina, Venezuela, etc. In fact, Spain is the largest turrón exporter in the world. Its mains ingredients are almonds and honey, and they can be soft or hard, but there are many variants such as: Toasted yolk turrón Truffle turrón Chocolate turrón, with different […]
The Three Kings festival in Spain
There is a certain charm about breaking with the usual and doing the unexpected. Christmas might be a season traditionally spent at home, with your family. Nevertheless, the holiday season also brings the opportunity to live new experiences. That is very much the case with the Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) a Spanish Christmas tradition that is marked by huge, spectacular parades in every city, town or village of the country, no matter how big or small, where sweets and presents are given to all. This is the Celebration of the Epiphany, when the Three Kings arrived in Bethlehem. Those […]
